| Frank Arthur Philbrook | |
| Birth Name: | Frank Arthur Philbrook |
| Birth Date: | 1931 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Death Place: | Oakville, Ontario |
| Residence: | Oakville, Ontario |
| Spouse: | Mary Kathleen Hitchcox |
| Riding: | Halton |
| Term Start: | July 1974 |
| Term End: | March 1979 |
| Profession: | physician |
| Party: | Liberal |
Frank Arthur Philbrook (9 November 1931 30 October 2017) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He graduated from the University of Toronto as MD in 1958, and was a member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. He retired from medical practice in 1993.[1]
Philbrook was born in Toronto, Ontario. Before entering politics, he spent two years at a mission hospital in Kashmir and then four years as Medical Officer on a World Bank project in Pakistan.[2] Upon returning to Canada, he became director of clinical research at Ortho-Pharmaceuticals Canada Ltd, before returning to private practice in 1973.
He was first elected at the Halton riding inthe 1974 general election[3] and served in the 30th Canadian Parliament, but was defeated in the 1979 federal election by Otto Jelinek of the Progressive Conservative party.[4]